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Nahanni Fontaine
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| Minister of Families | |
| Assumed office October 18, 2023 |
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| Premier | Wab Kinew |
| Preceded by | Rochelle Squires |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for St. Johns | |
| Assumed office April 19, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Gord Mackintosh |
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| Born | 1971 (age 52–53) |
| Political party | New Democratic |
| Residences | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Alma mater | University of Winnipeg (BA) University of Manitoba (MA) |
Nahanni Fontaine (born 1971) is a Canadian provincial politician, who was elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for the riding of St. Johns in the 2016 and 2019 elections. She held the seat for the NDP after incumbent MLA Gord Mackintosh did not seek re-election.
Fontaine was interviewed for the Tina Fontaine episode the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network documentary series on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Taken. Despite sharing the same surname, the two are not related.
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Early life
Fontaine was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and was raised in Point Douglas. She is a member of the Sagkeeng Anishnaabe First Nation. She graduated from the University of Winnipeg with a Bachelor of Arts degree in environmental development, and a Master of Arts in native studies.
Personal life
She is the niece of musician Vince Fontaine.
Awards
- Governor General's Award in Commemoration of the Persons Case (2013)
Electoral record
| Manitoba general election, 2023: St. Johns | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Nahanni Fontaine | 4,262 | 60.76 | +8.88 | $19,847.75 | |||
| Independent | Patrick Allard | 1,117 | 15.92 | – | $18,975.67 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Teddy Rubenstein | 1,101 | 15.69 | -8.78 | $0.00 | |||
| Liberal | Dennis Yaeger | 535 | 7.63 | -8.62 | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 7,015 | 99.53 | – | $58,447.00 | ||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 33 | 0.47 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 7,048 | 46.98 | -0.36 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 15,003 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | -3.52 | ||||||
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Source(s)
Source: Elections Manitoba |
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| Manitoba general election, 2019: St. Johns | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Nahanni Fontaine | 3,526 | 51.2 | +14.15 | $10,974.72 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Ray Larkin | 1,665 | 24.2 | -5.17 | $521.28 | |||
| Liberal | Eddie Calisto-Tavares | 1,092 | 15.9 | -7.12 | $518.13 | |||
| Green | Joshua McNeil | 601 | 8.7 | -1.84 | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes | 100.0 | |||||||
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| Manitoba general election, 2016: St. Johns | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Nahanni Fontaine | 2,358 | 37.05 | -28.05 | $28,122.25 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Barbara Judt | 1,869 | 29.37 | +7.22 | $9,267.93 | |||
| Liberal | Noel Bernier | 1,465 | 23.02 | +17.53 | $19,281.67 | |||
| Green | Elizabeth Puchailo | 671 | 10.54 | +4.36 | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 6,363 | 100.0 | $40,783.00 | |||||
| Declined and rejected ballots | 93 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 6,456 | 51.43 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 12,554 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Manitoba | ||||||||
